{"id":108376,"date":"2021-02-08T15:12:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T23:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=108376"},"modified":"2021-07-22T16:51:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T23:51:07","slug":"q426-summary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=108376","title":{"rendered":"Q426 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

To read the Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here<\/a>. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1<\/a>,\u00a0Pt. 2<\/a>).
\nTo return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FBI Catalogue<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking<\/p>\n

FBI preliminary tape identification note: <\/strong>Labeled in part \u201cSat July 22\u201d<\/p>\n

Date cues on tape:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contents of tape consistent with identification note<\/p>\n

People named:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Public figures\/National and international names:<\/em>
\nJimmy Carter, President of US
\nJohn F. Kennedy, former U.S. president
\nJerry Brown, California governor<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Margaret Thatcher, incoming Prime Minister of Britain
\nJames Callaghan, Prime Minister of Britain
\nElizabeth II, queen of England
\nAnwar Sadat, President of Egypt
\nMenachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel
\nMobuto Sese Seko, president of Zaire
\nIan Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
\nAbel Muzorewa, leader of Zimbabwe independence
\nMorarji Desai, Prime Minister of India<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hugo Banzer, president of Bolivia
\nJuan Pereda, president of Bolivia
\nChe Guevara
\nLloyd Barker, Guyana commissioner of police [by reference]<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

John Wesley, founder of Methodist church
\nKarl Marx, father of communism
\nAngelo Jacopucci, Italian boxer
\nA.S. Neill, Scottish educator
\nR.D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist
\nVu Can, Vietnamese reporter
\nClarence McDaniels, UPI reporter
\nJoe Johnson, broadcast station manager<\/div>\n

 
\nBible verses cited: <\/strong> None<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

(This tape was transcribed by Heather Shannon. The editors gratefully acknowledge her invaluable assistance.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Jim Jones reads the news for July 22, 1978.<\/p>\n

This newstape is typical for this period in Jonestown\u2019s history: Jones has collected the news from several international sources, although the only one he names here is the Voice of America. He reads the news in a fairly straightforward manner, with periodic interjections of editorial comments: The United States is consistently described as monopolist capitalist and imperialist, and its allies are fascist lackeys. He also pauses along the way to offer a brief aside on the inevitable death of capitalism.<\/p>\n

There are only a few references to his lifelong bugaboo, the threat of nuclear war, nor does he insist upon the certainty of its arrival.<\/p>\n

As in other tapes, he takes stories from the news and applies them to life in Jonestown. The item about an Italian boxer who has been declared brain dead after a bout leads Jones to warns his followers about the necessity of safety precautions and the dangers of accidents.<\/p>\n

Among the items he reads:<\/p>\n

\u2022 A reporter\u2019s notes on the Wounded Knee occupation have been turned over to the FBI;
\n\u2022 Native Americans conclude a cross-country walk from Alcatraz to Washington, D.C.;
\n\u2022 A renter\u2019s strike in California follows passage of proposition 13;
\n\u2022 U.S. attaches stipulations on sale of nuclear material to India;
\n\u2022 Congress is urged to increase sanctions against Rhodesia;
\n\u2022 The UN calls for a world disarmament conference;
\n\u2022 China cuts aid to Vietnam;
\n\u2022 Vietnam denies that it has victimized ethnic Chinese;
\n\u2022 Cuba denies the presence of its troops in Zaire;
\n\u2022 An anti-fascist organization in Spain assassinates two military leaders;
\n\u2022 The president of Bolivia resigns to avoid civil war;
\n\u2022 The Israeli Prime Minister is considered to be in bad health;
\n\u2022 The oil nations of the Middle East may migrate away from using the dollar as its currency;
\n\u2022 The incoming Thatcher government in Britain will expatriate its minority population.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The second half of the tape consists of his reading about Great Britain, part of a summer-long series of readings on the history, cultures, religions, and societal practices of the world\u2019s nations.<\/p>\n

FBI Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of transcription: 6\/18\/79<\/p>\n

In connection with the Federal Bureau of Investigation\u2019s investigation into the assassination of U.S. Congressman LEO J. RYAN at Port Kaituma, Guyana, South America, on November 18, 1978, a tape recording was obtained. This tape recording was located in Jonestown, Guyana, South America, and was turned over to U.S. Officials in Guyana and subsequently transported to the United States.<\/p>\n

On June 6, 1979, Special Agent (name deleted) reviewed the tape numbered 1B100-29. This tape was found to contain the following:<\/p>\n

Reverend JIM JONES giving background on use of newsman by FBI. JONES continued with other international news.<\/p>\n

Differences with FBI Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The summary is accurate and meets the FBI\u2019s purposes.<\/p>\n

Tape originally posted February 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you. To read the Tape Transcript,\u00a0click here. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1,\u00a0Pt. 2). To return to the Tape Index, click here. FBI Catalogue\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jones Speaking FBI preliminary tape identification note: Labeled in part \u201cSat July 22\u201d Date […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":27996,"menu_order":240,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-108376","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108376"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110624,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/108376\/revisions\/110624"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}